Becoming a Confidence Coach to an Arrogant Director - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Gaining One Million Points

Gu Jin’s mouth was filled with a bitter and fishy taste, and she really couldn’t eat anything, but for the sake of appearances, she forced herself to swallow small bites.

Her phone suddenly lit up. She saw a chat message from the person whose nickname was their employee number.

“Are you there? My sugar mama sister.”

She didn’t click on it but caught the content of the message at first glance.

A few seconds later, another one came.

“Did it hurt anymore this morning?”

The few simple words inexplicably wormed their way into her heart.

The screen dimmed.

Then it lit up again.

“Remember to eat lunch!”

“Drink more water and brown sugar water.”

“If you really can’t bear it, let Sister Xiu take you to the hospital. Don’t push yourself.”

After the screen completely went dark, she picked up her phone, clicked on the chat, and stared at the words of concern for a long time. In the end, she didn’t send a reply.

“Senior Sister, what are you doing? Staring at your phone in a daze!”

Ji Xiu saw her staring at her phone for a long time and leaned over to look. Gu Jin instinctively pressed the lock button.

But in that one glance, Ji Xiu saw everything in the chat box, and the numbered nickname belonged to the person she had just added as a friend.

At this moment, Director Xiu’s heart was about to explode, but she hid her emotions well and joked.

“Senior Sister, do you have a boyfriend? Why did you turn off the screen when I came over? I won’t steal him from you!”

Gu Jin’s voice was calm.

“It’s work-related.”

“I know, I’m just kidding, Senior Sister!”

Gu Jin lowered her eyes and said nothing more.

Ji Xiu went to the pantry and brought back half a cup of brown sugar water.

“Have some? Take a break and have a nap?”

Gu Jin took the cup, said a cold “thank you,” took a small sip, and put it down.

“Let’s go to the company this afternoon! Since you’re here for the next two days, we can go over the first draft.”

Ji Xiu’s hand, which was tidying the coffee table, paused. Her smiling lips were still curved upward, but there was an imperceptible annoyance in her eyes. She suppressed her emotions and spoke with a carefully managed mix of concern and reproach.

“Look at you, all you think about is work! I’m not going back abroad just yet, we’re not in a hurry. You need to rest!”

Gu Jin lowered her eyes and didn’t argue.

She wasn’t in pain, but her whole body felt weak and broken. With someone else watching her, she felt even more uncomfortable.

After Ji Xiu finished tidying up and was about to take out the trash, her phone rang.

She looked at the screen, took her phone, and went to the balcony. After closing the door, she answered the call.

“Little CEO Ji, everything has been arranged as you instructed this morning!”

“Mhm. What did Hengruan say?”

“When they heard that you, Little CEO Ji, were involved, they were very willing to cooperate!”

“Mhm, okay. Call me back when everything is settled.”

“Yes, Little CEO Ji! I’ll give you an answer before the end of the day!”

“Oh, by the way, Little CEO Ji, what about your grandfather…”

“I can’t go back right now!”

“Understood, Little CEO Ji!”

…

After hanging up the phone and walking back to the living room, her smiling lips curved again.

The person on the sofa finally succumbed to physical exhaustion and fell into a daze, leaning against a cushion.

Her body was thin, and when she curled up, she looked like she was sinking into a ball of cotton. Her brows were furrowed, and even her breathing was a little heavy.

Ji Xiu couldn’t help but feel a little heartache seeing her like this. She took a blanket from the side and was about to cover her when she saw that Gu Jin was tightly clutching her phone, looking very wary.

Ji Xiu’s hand, which was holding the blanket, stopped in mid-air. Her fingers pinched the edge of the blanket, creating a wrinkled mess. Her smiling face also turned terrifyingly dark.

Gu Jin seemed to quickly notice someone was next to her, and her tired eyes immediately opened.

The person in front of her instantly reined in her emotions.

“You fell asleep without even covering yourself with a blanket. What if you catch a cold?”

Gu Jin dragged her tired body and forced herself to sit up.

The other person casually draped the blanket over her.

Neither of them spoke, making the already silent air even more silent. At this moment, Ji Xiu’s phone rang again. She glanced at the screen and ignored the call for now.

“If you have something to do, you can go. I’m much better now!”

Facing Director Gu’s subtle order to leave, Director Xiu pretended to be at ease.

“It’s nothing. What could be so important!”

Then she added, “The most important thing for me right now is to take good care of you!”

Gu Jin lowered her eyes and didn’t reply. At this moment, the other person’s phone rang again.

Ji Xiu glanced at the caller ID on her phone and took the device to the balcony.

At this time, Gu Jin’s phone also lit up.

It was a homemade emoji of “Sister won’t talk to me.”

On the other end, Yuan Yishan was making a second emoji from her selfie app.

[Beep, congratulations, Host, on gaining 1000 satisfaction points!]

The emoji Yuan Yishan was about to finish was pushed crooked by a twitch of her hand.

She couldn’t believe what she was hearing until the system’s mechanical voice sounded again.

Your current system points are…

1110

What a fantastic string of numbers!

It turned out that being a jack-of-all-trades, a peacemaker, telling harmless lies, and pretending to understand didn’t matter as much as being “emoji-rich.” If she had known that one picture could make her points soar, she wouldn’t have bothered washing the user’s underwear. She could have just found a quiet corner and made emojis.

Sorry, Host. These points still do not belong to your user.

Yuan Yishan: ?

Could it be from that interaction designer again?

Yes, Host.

“So, she’s very satisfied with me helping her transfer the prototype just now?”

I don’t know, Host. Maybe.

The system disappeared again after saying that.

Morale Booster Yuan thought, This detection mechanism is a bit of a bug, isn’t it? because she really couldn’t think of anything she had done to satisfy this interaction designer.

Wait!

Yuan Yishan suddenly thought of a very important question.

So far, her user satisfaction points haven’t changed. After a few days of getting along, she had done so many caring things for her user, but not once was she satisfied?

Including last night, when she was in so much pain, if Yuan Yishan hadn’t taken care of her in time, would she have made it through?

What’s more, she even washed her underwear for her. Didn’t she feel even a little bit touched? Is this person made of iron?

A series of questions flashed through her mind, but the system didn’t answer them, which meant it was a default yes?

Ding~

At that moment, her work phone chimed again. She thought it was a message from her user and quickly opened it.

The notification bar had another friend request, with the note “Ji Xiu.”

?

Yuan Yishan hesitated for a second and pressed the accept button.

“Yishan, are you at the company?”

Hmm?

This person was quite caring, she thought as she replied.

“I’m here, Sister Xiu. Thank you for your concern.”

“Yishan, are you at your computer?”

Morale Booster Yuan thought for a moment and replied politely.

“Yes, I am, Sister.”

“Do you know how to use SVN? Can you help me transfer something?”

Yuan Yishan was a little confused.

With so many programmers, why was she asking a newbie like her to transfer something?

As she hesitated, she received another message.

“Never mind. It’s okay if you don’t. I’ll ask Senior to transfer it. Yishan, you go ahead with your work!”

For some reason, Yuan Yishan sensed a feeling of disappointment in her words. She suddenly remembered the system’s previous tip that this person, as a product interaction designer, could greatly help her increase her satisfaction points. Taking on this task might even give her a huge point boost.

Without a second to spare, Yuan Yishan quickly replied.

“I know how to use SVN. I can help you transfer it, Sister Xiu.”

“Wow, that’s great, Yishan! Are you free now? I’ll tell you how to do it.”

[Beep, congratulations, Host, on gaining 100 satisfaction points. Your current system points are 110. Keep up the good work!]

Almost at the same time, she received two messages. Yuan Yishan let out an excited “Yay!” that was loud enough to make the guy in the plaid shirt across from her look up.

The little A.I. immediately lowered her voice.

“Sorry, Brother Dabing, did I bother you?”

After her excitement, she quickly sent a message to Ji Xiu.

“I’m free. Tell me what to do, Sister Xiu.”

Over on her end, Ji Xiu was slowly eating her takeout lunch, and a mischievous smile, different from her usual one, appeared on her lips.

I’ll have some fun with you, little green tea…

Director Xiu elegantly scooped a spoonful of shrimp and rice into her mouth. She lightly tapped the enter key on the message she had pre-written.

Then, she looked up and smiled gently at Gu Jin.

“Senior Sister, eat a couple more bites. You’re too thin!”